Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46037, Jacob Fullam, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Fullam, Jacob
S 46037
CONTENTS

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45.037
File No.
Fullam*
Jacob Fullam
Private
Mass mil a.
Act
June 7 - 1832
Index: Vol
2
Page
51
[Arrangement of 1870.]
*W.W.Y. Aug. 29, 07.

4176  Massachusetts  Jacob Fullam of Westminster in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Davis of the Reg t commanded by Col. Whitcomb in the Mass line for 8 mos 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 27 Dollars 76 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of May. 1833 and sent Hon.  A. S. Kendall Clerk of Reps Arrears to 14th of Sep r 1832 $ 41.64 Semi-ann. allowance ending 14 Mar ch 33 13.88  $ 55.52
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by A. S. Addins Cler Book D Vol. 2 Page 51

Affidavit Cyrus Fairbanks for Jacob Fritland

I Cyrus Fairbanks of Ashburnham in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty years, testify and say, that I am acquainted with Jacob Tullam of Leominster in said County & Commonwealth, having served with him as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution — That on the nineteen. the day of April in the year 1775. said Jacob Tullam & myself, hearing of the march of the British Troops from Boston to Concord, volunteered as Soldiers from the town of Harvard in the County & State of aforesaid, & immediately proceeded to Con- cord & from thence to Cambridge near Boston, where we arrived the same day. — We had previously stood as "minute men" in said Harvard from the month of January next pre- ceding. In about a week after we arrived at Cambridge said Tullam & myself enlisted as Soldiers in Captain Jonathan Davis' Company of Infantry in Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment of the Massachusetts State Troops for the term of eight months, and both of us served as Soldiers in said Company until the first of January 1776. when we were honorably discharged. Leominster July 27. 1832. Cyrus Fairbanks
Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
Worcester County ss. Leominster July 27. 1832 —
Then the above named Cyrus Fairbanks personally appeared, & made oath, that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, is true.
Before me W m Perry Justice of Peace
I certify, that I believe the above named Cyrus Fair- banks to be a credible & disinterested witness.
W m Perry Justice of Peace
Cyrus Fairbanks

Jacob Fullum's Application
7606
Private 8 Mos & 10 days adv.
27.76 12.88 41.64
14m. I G Kendale HR

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this first day of Sept r in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel James  Judge of  Probate for the County of Worcester now sitting in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That on the 19 th day of April 1775 he was a resident in Harvard in said County & on the report of the marching of the British Troops from Boston to Concord he went said Concord state of Mass - then to Cambridge near said Boston - that he arrived there same day viz. April 19 th 1775 - A few days after his arrival there as he believes as soon as orders for enlisting issued, he enlisted in a company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Capt. Jonathan Dais - Lieut. Elisha Fullam & John Mead were Lieutenants in said Company - Col. Asa Whitcomb was the Colonel that he enlisted for eight months & then there served that time besides that he was stationed for a time on the bank of Charles River in Cambridge & afterwards on Prospect Hill where he was discharged in January 1776 - Joseph Whitney was Lieut. Colonel of said Regiment & one Bridge was a Major in the same - Capt. David Wilder was a Captain in the same Regiment - that he has no documentary evidence of his discharge or service that he was born in said Harvard Jan'y. 25 th 1750 - that his age is recorded in said Harvard as he believes - and he lived at said Harvard when called into service & had since moved into said Leominster - that he volunteered - that Gen. Ward was his first Commander - that Gen. Green has been a part of it since as he believes - that during the battle of Bunker Hill where he believes he was ordered on to the Hill - that he never served any other service & retreated from the Hill - that he never served any discharge - that John Buss Edward Fuller & himself knew him & can testify as to his character for truth the other belief of his service in the revolutionary war
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Nathaniel James, Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Jacob S. Fullam

We Abel Conant a Clergyman residing in the town of Leominster and John Gardner residing in Leominster hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Fullum  who has subscribed and sworn in the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Sept 3 - 1836 Joseph G. Kendall Secy of Pensions M.C. Worcester North District
John Gardner
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abel Conant who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Leominster and that John Gardner Esq who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Leominster and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
N. H. Stowe Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Register , Clerk of the Court of Probate for Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Fullum for a pension. That Wm Perry before whom the annexed affidavit was made is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Leominster in full cred.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 5th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two .
Theophilus Wheeler Reg r of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts